For kids who live in snowy regions, anticipating snow days is a time-honored winter tradition. But the tradition, like many others, may change with new technology.
Technology
The Way We Live Now: More Kids Can Work a Smart Phone Than Tie Their Shoes
NewsFeed isn’t sure if this is ominous news or not.
Google Archive Brings Holocaust Memory Into the Digital Age
The Yad Vashem Holocaust museum in Israel has announced it will be partnering with Google to create an easily accessible archive of 130,000 World War II-era photos. (via The Telegraph)
Yes, It Exists: The Airplane You Can Fly Using Only an iPad
What do you give to the Apple fanboy (or fangirl) that has every conceivable I-gadget ever concocted? (Via AvWeb)
Can Lawmakers Ban Texting While Walking?
If you can manage walking while chewing gum, why not add texting to the mix?
These Kids are Better Than Yours: Tennessee School Requires iPads for All Students
No more pencils, no more books – the iPad “changes everything”, right?
Frosty Faces the Heat: Snowman Shipped to Bahrain’s Blazing Climate
NewsFeed is pleased someone could enjoy the snow this winter. Now if only we could send all of our snow to the Middle East.
Google Attempts Poetry Translation: Can One Desire Too Much of a Good Thing?
If you were one of those people who hated poetry in high school, don’t feel too bad. Even computers struggle with it.
How Google Solved Sudoku
Can’t Google allow us to do anything for ourselves?
Why ‘Hey’ Trumps ‘Dear’ in the Internet Age
When was the last time you began a message with “Dear”? Probably in a cover letter to a potential employer you’d never met before, or perhaps even to your great-grandma thanking her for that fruitcake decaying in the re-gift pile.
Coming to a $100 Bill: 3D Technology
Ooh, look at you with your $100 bill. Let’s take a closer look: Benjamin Franklin? Check. Official stamp of the Federal Reserve System? You better believe it. 3D Security Ribbon? What the wha?
Why Have Spam Levels Suddenly Fallen?
NewsFeed was about to offer you High Qua1ityMedications, a discount on Viagra and the opportunity to fund a small African country. But then we noticed that spam levels had fallen, so we thought better of it.